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It was in the days of Hippies, drugs, free sex, and rebellion...
Before I had become unconscious, my boyfriend at the time had just got home and he came in the bathroom to let me know he was home...
I saw the Light...
James F NDE Home Classification NDE 1480 James F NDE 118 Experience Description Shortly after eating a large dinner three days before Thanksgiving Day, 1996, I had experienced pains to my chest that was so sharp that it dropped me to my knees...
Surgery-related...
Working alone...
It was Halloween night; my dad took me trick or treating...
I suffered serious complications from a tonsillectomy at age seven...
I was in a bed flying over the city of Chattanooga looking down at the ground and the terrain...
In July of 2019 I was in a car accident...
The night before an open water scuba diving trip, my dive partner and I stayed up late, drinking beer and got little sleep...
I had been ill with the flu for about five weeks, was at home on sick leave from work, and was in bed...
